US7614580B2 - Removable traversing device - Google Patents

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US7614580B2
US7614580B2 US11/572,637 US57263705A US7614580B2 US 7614580 B2 US7614580 B2 US 7614580B2 US 57263705 A US57263705 A US 57263705A US 7614580 B2 US7614580 B2 US 7614580B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/2806—Traversing devices driven by cam
    • B65H54/2809—Traversing devices driven by cam rotating grooved cam
    • B65H54/2812—Traversing devices driven by cam rotating grooved cam with a traversing guide running in the groove
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/36—Yarn-guide advancing or raising mechanisms, e.g. cop-building arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/70—Other constructional features of yarn-winding machines
    • B65H54/72—Framework; Casings; Coverings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2601/00—Problem to be solved or advantage achieved
    • B65H2601/30—Facilitating or easing
    • B65H2601/32—Facilitating or easing entities relating to handling machine
    • B65H2601/321—Access
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2601/00—Problem to be solved or advantage achieved
    • B65H2601/30—Facilitating or easing
    • B65H2601/32—Facilitating or easing entities relating to handling machine
    • B65H2601/324—Removability or inter-changeability of machine parts, e.g. for maintenance
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
    • B65H2701/312—Fibreglass strands
    • B65H2701/3122—Fibreglass strands extruded from spinnerets

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  • the present invention relates to an improvement to a device making it possible to effect the drawing and winding of thread consisting of organic or mineral material especially of glass.
  • the reels take the form of packages with straight flanks or the form of cylindrical packages.
  • reelers which, as their name indicates, are responsible for winding at very high speed (approximately 10 to 50 meters per second) the glass threads which have previously been sized.
  • the speed of the winding member of the reeler is controlled so as to ensure a constant linear winding speed of the thread, even though its angular speed varies, this speed control being carried out by reducing the rotational speed of the spindle, which supports the reel, as a function of the increase in the diameter of the latter.
  • Another important parameter governing the acquisition of a reel of optimum quality is the capability of the latter of being easily unwound, without the presence of loops or of unwanted knots, and with a limitation of friction.
  • the reeler is provided with one or more thread guides which ensure the axial distribution and the positioning of the threads along one or more reels by means of a to-and-fro movement synchronized with the rotation of the spindle, this thread guide or these thread guides forming part of a subassembly of the reeler which is generally referred to as a leasing device.
  • This leasing device is mounted on a movable support making it possible to reposition it permanently, during reeling, parallel to the spindle axis, so as to allow it to maintain a certain distance between the thread guide or thread guides and the outer cylindrical surface of the reel or reels, the diameter of which changes throughout its or their construction.
  • the known reelers consist essentially of a frame generally positioned underneath a spinneret, this frame supporting the leasing device and at least one spindle movable in rotation, this spindle being designed, on the one hand, to generate the reel and, on the other hand, to support the latter.
  • the leasing device mainly comprises at least one grooved cylindrical cam which ensures the to-and-fro function of the thread guide or thread guides, the latter being guided in translational motion between two strips parallel to the axis of the cam.
  • the cam is driven in rotation by a motor by means of a mechanical transmission and is sprinkled permanently by spray nozzles which ensures that it is permanently clean so as to ensure no soiling due to the environment where the method is carried out.
  • the leasing device as described above, or any other equivalent device can describe the length of the reel.
  • the traveler is mounted movably in a to-and-fro translational movement on a shaft secured to the frame and parallel to the axis of the spindle, this second translational movement thus making it possible to cover the length of the package.
  • the present invention is aimed, therefore, at mitigating these disadvantages by proposing a leasing device which optimizes the maintenance phases on the leasing device.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic front view of a reeler incorporating a leasing device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of a leasing device according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 4 is a side view of the leasing device in the working position
  • FIG. 5 is similar to FIG. 4 , but with the leasing device in the maintenance position.
  • the reeler 1 comprises a metallic frame obtained by means of a technique involving the mechanical welding of metallic elements previously machined or available as standard in the trade.
  • This frame comprises essentially a substantially rectangular base resting on feet carefully placed so as to correspond to the gage or to the spacing of the forks of a pallet truck or of a similar handling device, in order to make it easier to install this reeler in a drawing position.
  • this closed structure On this base is assembled a closed structure which is intended to receive all the components necessary for the functioning of the reeler 1 .
  • this closed structure taking the form of a cabinet, is provided with control and command devices necessary for the control of the various members which will be described later in the present description (hydraulic, electrical and compressed-air networks and networks for other fluids necessary for the functioning of said members).
  • the closed structure has cooperating on it a barrel which is mounted movably in rotation about an axis of rotation and is held within one of the walls of the closed structure by means of a rotary guide member (ball bearing ring).
  • this barrel forms an assembly for supporting a spindle 6 .
  • the barrel comprises a spindle 6 (it will be conceivable to have a barrel possessing a plurality of spindles in diametrically opposite positions or a barrel comprising at least three, four or even more spindles, depending on the available overall size and the capacities of the spinnerets positioned upstream).
  • the barrel makes it possible to transfer a spindle 6 previously unloaded and provided with at least one empty tube (within the meaning of the invention, a tube is a support which consists, for example, of plastic or of cardboard and is intended for receiving the thread reel 8 ) into a reeling position and simultaneously to transfer another spindle having full tubes toward an unloading position by means of 180° rotations, of course if the barrel comprises two spindles.
  • a tube is a support which consists, for example, of plastic or of cardboard and is intended for receiving the thread reel 8 ) into a reeling position and simultaneously to transfer another spindle having full tubes toward an unloading position by means of 180° rotations, of course if the barrel comprises two spindles.
  • the spindle 6 secured to the barrel forms a rotary assembly designed for reeling the thread onto a tube previously introduced on a spindle 6 .
  • This reeling takes place along a first axis of rotation substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the barrel.
  • FIG. 1 another element which is essential for the production of the package is evident.
  • This is a device for positioning and guiding the thread on the spindle or referred to more generally as a “leasing device” 5 .
  • this leasing device 5 comprises at least one groove cylindrical cam 9 which ensures the to-and-fro function of the thread guide or thread guides 4 , the latter being guided in translational motion between two strips 2 parallel to the axis of the cam 9 .
  • the cam 9 is driven in rotation by a motor 11 by means of a mechanical transmission 17 and is sprinkled permanently by spray nozzles 3 which ensures that it is cleaned.
  • the leasing device 5 can approach or retreat from the outer peripheral surface of the reel during the reeling of the latter, especially as a result of rotation about an axis of articulation, this axis of articulation serving as a connection point between the frame of the reeler and the leasing device.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate diagrammatically the leasing device 5 according to the invention.
  • the latter is in two parts (a first 13 and a second 12 ), these two parts 12 , 13 cooperating with one another by means of guide means of complementary shape.
  • the guide means are produced in the form of at least one rail in the region of the first part 13 of the leasing device 5 and slide within at least one groove made in the region of the second part 12 of the leasing device.
  • the two parts are secured to one another and the leasing device is in the working position which, in fact, corresponds to a phase of the winding of at least one thread on the peripheral surface of a reel.
  • the guide means are “released”. In this position, the guide means have no bearing, and the two parts of the leasing device rest at their end by means of interlocking surfaces which form bearing surfaces via which the forces are transferred.
  • the two parts slide with respect to one another, the leasing device being in the demounting phase for the purpose of changing it or maintaining it.
  • the guide means are active and support the weight of the second part during the entire demounting phase (relative movement between the two parts of the leasing device).
  • This maintenance phase may relate particularly to the thread guides 4 which undergo rapid wear, the spray nozzles 3 which may happen to become blocked, the transmission members 16 , 17 which may be damaged, and the cam 9 and its windings which may become soiled or worn in spite of washing, and, more rarely, the motor 11 which may break down.
  • the second part 12 of the leasing device forms an interchangeable removable cassette which, if appropriate, is different from one product application to another.
  • this cassette has a total weight lower than the limit set by the regulations in force relating to the carrying of a load by an operator, and it is freed from the water connection 15 and from the coupling 16 for the mechanical transmission of the rotational movement of the motor by means of an automatic junction effected, on the one hand, by an automatic connector capable of being shut off against water and, on the other hand, by a direct clutch-type engagement system for the mechanical junction.

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  • Winding, Rewinding, Material Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Storage Of Web-Like Or Filamentary Materials (AREA)
  • Storing, Repeated Paying-Out, And Re-Storing Of Elongated Articles (AREA)
  • Replacing, Conveying, And Pick-Finding For Filamentary Materials (AREA)
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  • Spinning Methods And Devices For Manufacturing Artificial Fibers (AREA)
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  • Crushing And Pulverization Processes (AREA)
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US4230285A (en) 1978-10-04 1980-10-28 Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik Ag Traversing device for thread winding apparatus
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FR2305375A1 (fr) 1975-03-26 1976-10-22 Schweiter Sa Ate Const Bobinoir avec dispositif de transfert de fil sur renvideuse
US4230285A (en) 1978-10-04 1980-10-28 Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik Ag Traversing device for thread winding apparatus
DE3146264A1 (de) 1980-12-01 1982-07-01 Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik Ag, 5630 Remscheid "spulmaschine zum kontinuierlichen aufspulen von endlosfaeden"
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